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MUPPETS MASH-UP OF THE WEEK
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Okay, the Muppets mash-up meme is getting a little passé now. And technically this isn’t from the past week but is two months old. But we missed it when it first came out, and now we’ve been alerted to its presence, it would be criminal not to share. Because it’s brilliant.
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UNEXPECTED SF TWIST OF THE WEEK
The latest in the Driver series of games, Driver San Francisco is out today. “What’s that got to do with SFX ?” we hear you cry. Well, in a moment of inspiration/madness the developers Ubisoft Reflections have given the latest in the formerly straight-laced cops ’n’ robbers racing series an ingenious SF twist. It’s all gone Life On Mars , y’see, with the main character, Tanner, in a coma and able to “shift” between different bodies and cars. What next, teleporting in Gran Turismo ?
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WEDDING PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Fans recreate famous publicity image at wedding. As posted on the Battlestar Galactica Facebook page (opens in new tab) .
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BEST USE FOR POST-ITS OF THE WEEK
Check out the window designs created by French office workers from the contents of the stationery cupboard.
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MOST UNCOMFORTABLE LOOKING SPECTACLES OF THE WEEK
If you thought 3D specs at the cinema were a pain, wait till you try strapping this to your face. It’s a new Sony headset games console which was originally announced earlier this year when the accompanying artist’s impression didn’t make it look quite so clunky. Now it looks like some craft out of a ’60s Gerry Anderson show. Anybody else reminded of those hover board things from Stingray ? Despite the aesthetic changes Sony assures us in its press release that the console retains the same “spec”s. Ho ho ho.
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BITE-SIZED DOCUMENTARY OF THE WEEK
Steampunk: it’s not a genre, it’s a lifestyle choice. It’s great to have a documentary like this that isn’t condescending, but this is almost too cool to take seriously. And we’re not sure what the ’70s lift music in the background has to do with steampunk.
More Spurious Awards on the next page…
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